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Show EDISON MAY SOLVE PROBLEM Wizard 8aya Balllon Will Not Solve Problem of Aerial Navigation. Seattle, Wash. Thomas A. Kdlson, tho Inventor, who Is taking n vacation en tho Pacific const, says that neither tho acroplano nor tho dlrlglblo balloon bal-loon will successfully solvo tho question ques-tion of navigating tho air. "I am firmly convinced," snld ho, "that tho tlmo Is hear nt hand when It will bo posslbto to sail through tho air as easily and ns safoly as wo now go by land or by water. I havo llttlo faith In tho aeroplane or the balloon ns a means of aerial navigation. Tha airship of tho futuro will bo lifted by ii mcclianlum something llko a spiral. It will have tho ability to rlso without first giving It forward momentum, nnd It will not Imltnto closely the flight of birds. With tho helical lifting lift-ing appliance, Improved propellers nnd dovlco for maintaining balance In tho nlr, tho futuro olrshlp will fly into tho teeth of tho rrlnd, will rlso to heights where favornblo currents may bo found, or skim tho surface of tho earth. Yes, navigation of the nlr will surely come. It Is simply n question ques-tion of npplylng mnchnnlcnl knowledge knowl-edge In a now way." |